
Setsuko Hara
- Date of Birth: 1920-06-17
- Date of Death: 2015-09-05
- Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Setsuko Hara (June 17, 1920 – September 5, 2015) was a Japanese actress who appeared in six of Yasujirō Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the 'Noriko Tr... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Setsuko Hara (June 17, 1920 – September 5, 2015) was a Japanese actress who appeared in six of Yasujirō Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the 'Noriko Trilogy': Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951) and Tokyo Story (1953). Her other films for Ozu were Tokyo Twilight (1957), Late Autumn (1960) and finally The End of Summer in 1961. She was born Masae Aida in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. She came to prominence as an actress at an early age, in the 1937 German-Japanese co-production Die Tochter des Samurai (Daughter of the Samurai), known in Japan as Atarashiki Tsuchi (The New Earth), directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami. She also starred in films by Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse and other prominent directors. She was called "the Eternal Virgin" in Japan and is a symbol of the golden era of Japanese cinema of the 1950s, although she is mostly unknown in the US. She suddenly quit acting in 1963 (the same year as Ozu's death), and had since led a secluded life in Kamakura, refusing all interviews and photographs. Her last major role was Riku, wife of Ōishi Yoshio, in the 1962 film, Chushingura. She was the inspiration for the protagonist of the 2001 movie Millennium Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Setsuko Hara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Drama • 1960 May

The Idiot
Drama, Romance • 1951 May

Priest of Darkness
Drama • 1936 April

No Regrets for Our Youth
Drama, War, History • 1946 October

The Ball at the Anjo House
Drama • 1947 September

The Blue Mountains: Part II
Drama • 1949 July

Sudden Rain
Drama • 1956 January

Talking with Ozu
Documentary • 1993 November

Here's to the Young Lady
Romance, Comedy • 1949 March

The Blue Mountains: Part I
Drama • 1949 July